'Put two characters -male and female- in a garden. If you've never written a love scene before, hang onto your hat.'
Emphasis mine. :P Oi.
That said, in a garden? No way would Marland be comfortable with that (the whole sex thing alone would make Marland extremely awkward).
I think a sex scene between Marland and Shodin would be very dialogue heavy normally, especially their first time together. Shodin would need to coach and encourage Marland a lot, probably just to get him to get and stay close to him. And then there'd be a whooooole lotta questions, on both sides (Marland with the more variety of questions, for once). :3